I owned a pair of Tympany IVs when my kinds were 0 to 5 years old. These were the old-style 3 panel room divider speakers which I literally used as room dividers between my dining room and living room. They actually sounded great in this location with about 14 feet behind them and playing into a room that was 15' x 20' with a two story high cathedral ceiling.
I never had a problem with the kids knocking them over. To be honest, I never even thought about it as a possibility. I guess I got lucky.
I've owned three sets of Magnepans over the years, starting with MG-1s. The last pair I had were 3.6Rs.
I've had a couple of reliability issues, which I don't really fault Magnepan. When I had the MG-1s, I had a cat that used to love to climb them. I had one panel eventually go bad when the cat's claws eventually broke one of the wires in the membrane. This was repaired fairly inexpensively.
I used to really crank the Tympani IVs (with a Levinson ML-3 amp) and I blew the ribbon tweeter twice over about six years. Again, this was easy and relatively inexpensive to replace. Magnepan just shipped me a new ribbon and it was easy to replace with a few screws and soldering two wires. This was over 30 years ago, and I think the ribbons are a bit more robust now. I never had an issue with the 3.6Rs even though I would occasionally plan them pretty loud.
I never had a problem with the kids knocking them over. To be honest, I never even thought about it as a possibility. I guess I got lucky.
I've owned three sets of Magnepans over the years, starting with MG-1s. The last pair I had were 3.6Rs.
I've had a couple of reliability issues, which I don't really fault Magnepan. When I had the MG-1s, I had a cat that used to love to climb them. I had one panel eventually go bad when the cat's claws eventually broke one of the wires in the membrane. This was repaired fairly inexpensively.
I used to really crank the Tympani IVs (with a Levinson ML-3 amp) and I blew the ribbon tweeter twice over about six years. Again, this was easy and relatively inexpensive to replace. Magnepan just shipped me a new ribbon and it was easy to replace with a few screws and soldering two wires. This was over 30 years ago, and I think the ribbons are a bit more robust now. I never had an issue with the 3.6Rs even though I would occasionally plan them pretty loud.